natural logarithm

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin logarithmus nātūrālis, coined in 1668 by Nicholas Mercator in his book Logarithmo-technica. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “why ‘natural’?”) === Pronunciation === === Noun === natural logarithm (plural natural logarithms) (mathematics) The logarithm in base e: either the function that given x returns y such that ey = x, or the value of y given by the function. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== Natural logarithm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia